Brookfield area personals and local visits featured
A Brookfield oriented notes column lists numerous visits and travels. H S Johnson of Brookfield, Dewey Miller for Jefferson Barracks, Mrs Verl Dell and son James, Jimmie Nickell, Mrs Joe Nevins, Mary Nevins, Claude Porter, and many others are mentioned visiting family, handling business, or en route to towns like Kirksville, Milan, Purdin, and Keokuk. Donald Johnson joins the Navy at Great Lakes. Local hospital and veteran updates appear with Emery Gray and others. Messages include travel to Albia, Kansas City, and Chicago area markets. Public notices advertise theater promotions and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Johnson
Brookfield
Dewey Miller
Jefferson Barracks
Pearl Harbor
Electric Theatre
J. B. Fleming
Linneus
Browning
Baby
Milan
J. B. Harmon
Claude Porter
Chillicothe
Helen
Gary
Celia Gooch
Cecil Taylor
Cornelia Bundrdige
Jake Quigley
Dorothy
Clifford Quigley
Donald Johnson
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Roy Bundies
Rex
Kirksville
Emery Gray
Veteran's Hospital
Hines
Gray
Jay Garrett
Mervyn Garrett
Keokuk
Iowa
Clairessa Slack
Guy Adams
Oklahoma City
Okla
Harry Rhodes
Frances Lou Lawrence
Albia
Rhodes
F. L. Gooch
Bertie
Near Roger
Dayle
Denver
Colo
J. C. Shouse
George Preston
Alspach
Browning Recruit Arrives for Combat Engineer Training
Jacob C. Harris of Browning has arrived at Fort Leonard Wood Engineer Replacement Training Center for an intensive program preparing him for combat engineer duty. Training covers drill, marksmanship, and engineering tasks like bridge building, demolitions, road and obstacle construction, with progression to tactical units or officers candidate schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leonard
Jacob C. Harris
Browning
Engineer Replacement Training Center
War Bonds drive to fund total war and defend democracy
State administrator Nee urges Americans to invest at least 10 percent of earnings in War Bonds. He frames the effort as essential to preserving government by the people and safeguarding democracy for future generations. He promotes a 10 percent badge and window sticker as symbols of commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Social Visits and Medical of Local Residents
Miss Peggy Browning hosted by Miss Janet Lumsden for an overnight visit. Mrs. W. W. Crawford and Mrs. Nellie Seaman joined Mrs. America Flem for Sunday dinner. Lloyd Lambert and wife visited Kirksville for tonsil surgery. Clarence Blackman and son shopped near Milan. Earl Nickel and son Bobbie went to Brookfield for Bobbie’s tonsil surgery at Mclarney Hospital. Dr. T. R. McArtor attended business in St Louis with his parents visiting Truston McArtor and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Browning
Janet Lumsden
W. W. Crawford
Nellie Seaman
America Fleming
Lloyd Lambert
Kirksville
Lambert
Clarence Blackman
Milan
Earl Nickel
Bobbie
Brookfield
Social Security Office to Visit Brookfield Missouri
Notice from L. D. Moyer Manager of the Social Security Board Field Office St. Joseph Missouri that a representative will be in Brookfield Missouri on August 6 1942 at 8 30 am at the post office to interview claimants employees employers and others seeking information about the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Moyer
Social Security Board
St. Joseph
Brookfield
Missouri
Electric fence offer and local social notes from Browning area
An advertisement promotes an electric fence priced at 9.95 and 13.95 from Browning Lumber Co. Vernon DeVore has been sent to an army camp in Atlanta City New Jersey. The column records numerous local visits and family news including Emma Grossarth's passing, Mary Ellen's third birthday, and various residents visiting relatives across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning Lumber Co
Vernon DeVore
Atlanta City
New Jersey
Emma Brassfield
Chillicothe
Pearl Harbor
Electric Theatre
Wilson Oaks
Purdin
Browning
Roscoe Powell
Brookfield
Chas. Smith
McLarney Hospital
Smith
Elizabeth Crain
Richmond
Indiana
May Buncies
Mary Sue
Guy Adams
Addie Cloyd
Denver
Colorado
Lulu Weatherford
Macon
Missouri
P. E. Cokerham
Joe Christy
Florence Adams
Harold Young
Unionville
W. W. Wilkison
Mary Ellen
W. W. Wilkison, Sr
Polo
Local Visitors Share News of Illness and Travel
Mr and Mrs Ray Lambert and children from near Purdin visited Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Sam Gooch and daughter Rosalee who went to Kirksville Thursday for an appendectomy Rosalee is recovering. Mrs L W Hummel and Mrs H C Bailey visited Chillicothe Friday with friends and stayed with Mrs Bessie Cotter Mr Harvey Dunkin and Mrs Mary F Robinson residents at Mrs F H Poncelets home Webster City?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lambert
Near Purdin
Sam Gooch
Rosalee
Kirksville
L. W. Hummel
H. C. Bailey
Chillicothe
Bessie Cotter
Harvey Dunkin
Mary F. Robinson
F. H. Poncelet
Robinson
Dunkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jas. Elliott
J. R. Smith
Jas. N. Chambers
Gale Bartow
St. Louis
T. S. Bartow
Ray Gooch
Kansas City
John McGhee
Near Shelby
Ed Wilhite
John Simpson
Doris Lee Johnson
A. L. Brown
Oren Wykoff
Walter Bundies
Grim-Smith Hospital
Rolla Gooch
Geo. Crooks
Ingraham Cafe
Ingraham
Burkholder
Bowyer
George Robinson
Glenn
Rosa Dodson
Opal Reger
Evert Hollon
Charter Oak
Purdin Merc. CO
L. K. Richardson
Rawleigh
Linn County
Dept
Freeport
Illinois
Nevins
Dan M. Nee
War Savings Staff
E. A
Joe Christy and Son
Floyd Fanning
Gora
C. E. McGhee
Browning Lumber Company
Carl Drake
Nelson
Gene
Earl Drake and Son
Dan Haley
Leland Burke
Virginia Burke
Norris
C. McQuown
H. V. Campbell
Meadville
WM. T. Warren
Eversonville
Gene Graham
T. R. McArtor
M. D
Browning, Missouri
DR. Vinton Jones
Schoene’s
Herman Adams
Apt
America
County War Board
WAR Production Board
W.R. Ware
C. W. Gooch
G. T. Woodward
Scrap Iron and Steel
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